WebitPR writes "Newport, South Wales, 5th April 2004 - Cogent Defence and Security Networks, the UK operating company of EADS Defence and Communications System (DCS), has been shortlisted to provide the TETRAPOL network for Firelink – the new communications system for the UK Fire and Rescue Service.

The government contract, to be awarded later this year, will provide the UK Fire and Rescue Service with its first national wide-area radio network by the end of 2007. Cogent will be able to provide increased resilience for the UK’s critical national infrastructure through its TETRAPOL network, ensuring the fire service can respond effectively and efficiently to any threat to national safety and security.

“A second national network will provide the UK with a highly resilient and secure network, providing absolute redundancy in case of existing network failure,” commented Philippe Meleard, director public safety at Cogent. “Our fully interoperable network is designed to meet the exacting responsibilities and increased operational requirements of the UK’s Fire and Rescue Service.”

TETRAPOL is the world’s most widely deployed professional digital mobile communications standard, with over 80 systems deployed in 34 countries. TETRAPOL’s standardised end-to-end encryption, combined with inbuilt security, provides the highest possible level of protection for voice and data communications.

With over 70 per cent of the digital European PMR market share, TETRAPOL is the only radio communications solution that has consistently proved its reliability and efficiency in high security deployments. Approved by the ITU and the Police Co-operation Group (formerly Schengen Group), nationwide TETRAPOL networks can be found in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Romania and Mexico, where the IRIS network is the largest PMR network in the world.

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About EADS Defence and Communication Systems (DCS)

EADS Defence and Communication Systems (DCS) is part of the Defence and Security Systems division of EADS. DCS has been created in order to better respond to the new evolution of the defence markets, which are more focused on global solutions and integrated systems. For this purpose, DCS regroups several defence activities with the telecommunications activities of EADS. Its field of competence encompasses manned and unmanned systems such as tactical and strategic UAVs, manned mission aircraft, Command, Control, Communication Information systems (C3I), Air and Naval Defence, Public Safety including Homeland Security and Communication and Information Network. DCS as the EADS System House implements advanced defence concepts, simulation and experimentation tools like NETCOS.

Cogent Defence and Security Networks Limited, is the UK unit of EADS Defence and Communications Systems and the System House for EADS in UK.
Web site: www.cogent-dsn.com


About EADS Defence and Security Systems (DS)

EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. The EADS Group includes Airbus and Eurocopter, is prime contractor for the Ariane launcher, develops the A400M and is the largest industrial partner for Galileo.
EADS Defence and Security Systems, with revenues of over € 5 billion in 2003 and roughly 24,000 employees across nine nations, forms the defence pole within EADS. It offers integrated solutions to the new challenges confronting armed and security forces. It is active in the areas of military aircraft, missiles, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), defence electronics, sensors and avionics, command, control and communications systems, and services. In order to optimise the decision-making chain from sensor to effector within a “System of Systems”, EADS brings together state-of-the-art information and network technologies and the extensive competence of an experienced supplier of complex defence systems.

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